June 2019
Weighing in on this one. My mermaid has had the "Survey Ocean Wildlife" task multiple times through level 9 and 10 of her career.
Trying to "Survey Ocean Floor" instead does not work for me. I have attempted it multiple times and it has never completed the task. I had to feed her mermadic kelp and turn her human temporarily just to progress through to level 10 after the task came up for the third day in a row.
June 2019
Hiya!
My Sim is 100% a mermaid and the survey option isn't available for her at the red buoy
I checked the red buoy at Lani St. Taz and Mua Pel'am
At first I thought the issue was because it was at night, but during daytime, the option wasn't there either.
The game is literally telling you to use the green buoy but it won't let you use it as a mermaid
June 2019
June 2019
Hey Yeah I've thought about that too but I had another mermaid who had fitness skill 8 try the interaction and it still doesn't work. I'll try again once she maxes the fitness skill.
Another solution to this is also to simply send the Mermaid to work instead of working from home because then the tasks change once they come back from work.
I hope they fix this with a patch. I don't like that they don't tell you why this is such a taboo subject for mermaids? I mean...why wouldn't they survey ocean wildlife?
June 2019
Good Luck
Crin
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June 2019
This happened to me too for two days straight. Couldn't do the daily task either time.
June 2019
I was having the same problem, my mermaid sim just received a promotion to marine biologist (level 8 of the conservationist career) and she now has the option to survey the ocean floor at the red buoy!
surveying the ocean floor was a reward for achieving level 8. Hope this helps!
June 2019
Easy solution, have him/her eat 2 mermaid kelp (turns her/him human) then have them do the task, then have them eat 1 to turn back. Worked for my sim to complete the task! 😊
June 2019
For a mermaid that's at career level 7 and doesn't have Survey Ocean Floor yet, I've noticed another bug that serves as a workaround. I've found that sleeping in the ocean also completes the "Survey Ocean Wildlife" objective.
June 2019
My sim is a mermaid and it isn't an option for me...